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Woodruff Road and Five Forks Residents have held off German Supermarket Chain Lidl for now. The Greenville County Planning Commission agreed with residents, and said the proposed grocery store is too big and too close the neighboring houses. The European Grocery company wanted to build a 36,000 square foot building yards from resident’s door steps. The final vote of the proposal will be in June, and residents are watching the process until then.

Woodruff Road and Five Forks Residents have held off German Supermarket Chain Lidl for now. The Greenville County Planning Commission agreed with residents, and said the proposed grocery store is too big and too close the neighboring houses. The European Grocery company wanted to build a 36,000 square foot building yards from resident’s door steps. The final vote of the proposal will be in June, and residents are watching the process until then.

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Updated: 11:25 PM EDT May 27, 2015

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WEBVTT BUT SHE DECLINED OUR REQUEST. A NEW GROCERY STORE GOT BAGGED TONIGHT. EUROPEAN GROCERY GIANT LIDL TO -- WANTED TO BUILD ON WOODRUFF ROAD. CAROL: THE GREENVILLE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION SIDED WITH VOCAL RESIDENTS TO DENY A ZONING CHANGE. WYFF NEWS 4'S JOHN LYON SAYS, THOSE PEOPLE KNOW THE BATTLE ISN'T OVER. CAN YOU ALL COME? EVERYBODY BE THERE? JOHN: FIVE FORKS AND WOODRUFF ROAD RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY MAKING PLANS FOR THEIR NEXT BATTLE, SAY NO TO WOODRUFF ROAD REZONE. JOHN: AGAINST GERMAN SUPERMARKET CHAIN LIDL, THAT WANTS TO BUILD A STORE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. I MEAN, THERE IS 2 GROCERY STORES ALREADY. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD NEED ANOTHER ONE. JOHN: THE GREENVILLE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AGREED, VOTING TO DENY LIDL'S ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR OVER 5 ACRES OF WOODLANDS NEAR WOODRUFF AND BATESVILLE ROAD. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PARCEL SHOULD NOT INFRINGE OR ENCROACH ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THAT AREA, WHO OWN PROPERTY THERE. JOHN: THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID THAT THE PROPOSED 36,000 SQUARE FOOT GROCERY STORE WAS JUST TOO BIG, AND TOO CLOSE TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES. I JUST COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE HAVING A HUGE GROCERY IN MY BACKYARD. JOHN: DANIELS SAYS IT WOULD BE 25 FEET AWAY. YOU HAVE RATS, YOU HAVE BUGS, BECAUSE ANYWHERE YOU HAVE FOOD, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT SORT OF THING.

Woodruff Road and Five Forks Residents have held off German Supermarket Chain Lidl for now. The Greenville County Planning Commission agreed with residents, and said the proposed grocery store is too big and too close the neighboring houses. The European Grocery company wanted to build a 36,000 square foot building yards from resident’s door steps. The final vote of the proposal will be in June, and residents are watching the process until then.